Student Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Richard Kemmick!Richard, currently in his second year of a Creative Writing MA, has won Grain Magazine's Short Grain award for Poetry ($1000). |
Congratulations to James Arthur, MA 2001
Congratulations to James on his appointment as 2012-13 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University
and on the recent publication of his poetry collection Charms Against Lightning (Copper Canyon Press, 2012)
Congratulations to Emily Ruskovich, Creative Writing MA 2009
Congratulation to Emily on being selected 2011-12 McCreight Fiction Fellow at University of Wisconsin
and on her two-book deal with Random House, New York
Congratulations to the 2012 Creative Writing Prize Winners:
Linnea Fetter - Bliss Carman Memorial Prize
Katherine Murray - David H. Walker Prize
Richie MacFarlane - Sir Charles G.D. Robert Prize
Congratulations to Matthew Heiti, Creative Writing MA, 2010
Congratulations Matthew on his nomination together with Ryan Ward for a Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, Son of the Sunshine
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Congratulations to Shane Rhodes
Congratulations to Shane Rhodes Creative Writing MA, 1998
Gold, National Magazine Awards for poems "Pearl" and "The Body"
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Congratulations to our UNB Writers presented in the Malahat Review 176
Allison LaSorda, Creative Writing MA, 2011
Three poems
Rebecca Geleyn, Creative Writing MA, 2011
Three poems
Danny Jacobs, Creative Writing MA, 2008
Four poems
Sharon McCartney, Honorary Research Associate
Four poems
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Winning Awards for Kristel Thornell's Night Street
Congratulations to Kristel Thornell, Creative Writing MA, 2002. For winning the following awards for her novel Night Street
1. The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
2. The Dobbie Literature Award
3. Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award
4. Fellowship of Australian Writers Barbara Ramsden Award
and shortlisted for
1. New South Wales Premier's Award for New Writing
2. New South Wales Premier's Award for New Fiction
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Congratulations to the 2011 Creative Writing Prize Winners:
Michael Jessome - Bliss Carman Memorial Prize
Peter Forestell - David H. Walker Prize
Nikki Chapman - Sir Charles G.D. Robert Prize
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UNB Students Crowned with the Malahats
Congratulations to:
Matt Robinson: Creative Writing MA, 2000
The Malahat Long Poem Prize $500 for "against the hard angle"
Shane Rhodes: Creative Writing MA, 1998
The P. K. Page Founder's Award for Poetry $1,000 recognizes the best poem published in 2009 for "For Donnie Peters (1964-1999)"
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UNB Students Sweep up the Grain Awards
$ 1, 250.00 to each Winner!!
Congratulations to:
Matthew Heiti: Creative Writing MA, current
Short Grain Fiction Prize for "Snakeskin Boots"
Danny Jacobs Creative Writing MA, 2008
Short Grain Poetry Prize for "How to Shoot Skeet with My Grandfather's Lost Double Barrell"
